KENT – The Kent Board of Education has dropped tuition by 60 percent to attract more nonresidents to pay to have their children attend Kent Center School. The school board held a special meeting Thursday to discuss the issue of how to attract more students and was joined by resident Steve Pener, a Kent Center …

TORRINGTON – The fermenting process is what brings beer to life and a new microbrewery hopes to do the same to a long-shuttered fire station. Bad Dog Brewing, a father-and-son startup, is looking to begin serving a variety of beers by Labor Day at the city’s former fire station at 117 Water Street, which has …

WATERBURY — Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Greater Waterbury Campership Fund’s highly anticipated springtime fundraiser, the popular Big Green Truck pizza party at YMCA’s Camp Mataucha along Smith Pond in Watertown. All money raised from ticket sales and from party raffles goes directly to the cost of sending local, underprivileged children to camp …

TORRINGTON — Part of the Hendy Manufacturing property that was up for a tax deed sale Saturday was adjourned to Oct. 9 to allow the state more time to review plans for a proposed transportation hub at that site. The property is owned jointly by Eric Chadwick and Jess Smith of Goshen, who owe $170,173 …

WATERBURY — Mary Kight was grocery shopping when the death of her son, Michael, in the Vietnam War the year before struck her once again in the heart. “I used to send him packages of fortune cookies. He loved fortune cookies,” she said. “And one day, I’m doing my groceries and all of a sudden …

WOODBURY – She had a feeling; an inclination something wasn’t real, wasn’t right, wasn’t true. So, she moved the 1950s wood stove out of the way, and with a hammer and a jackhammer, she tore down the Sheetrock wall in her Woodbury farmhouse. And as it collapsed to the ground in white crumbs and chalky …

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign is in trouble. That may sound crazy. Biden just opened up (according to one poll) a 32-point lead over the rest of the Democratic field. But beneath the surface, trouble is brewing. Biden will be 78 on Inauguration Day 2021. That would make him older, …

TORRINGTON — The late William Battle was a big supporter of education and a frequent critic of any proposed changes to the English curriculum. At Board of Education meetings, he would take the microphone to bemoan the thought of replacing classic English literature with “content-rich nonfiction” as part of the implementation of state Common Core …

Police handcuffed and detained a reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media for about 30 minutes while she was on assignment covering a demonstration on the anniversary of a police shooting. The Connecticut Post, where Tara O’Neill is a breaking news and police reporter, reports O’Neill was handcuffed by Bridgeport police Thursday night, held and then released …